After six weeks of surviving bug-eating and celebrity egos in the South African wild, former AFL star Brendan Fevola was crowned "king of the jungle".

After six weeks of surviving bug-eating and celebrity egos in the South African wild, former AFL star Brendan Fevola was crowned "king of the jungle" on the finale of I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

The 35-year-old let the emotions flow as he pipped rugby league great Paul "The Chief" Harragon at the post, leaving The Bachelor's Laurina Fleure as second runner-up.

But in a slightly awkward twist, Brendan's chosen charity was the now-defunct Shane Warne Foundation – which Shane had to shut down after a recent investigation into its use of finances to fund ritzy events.

The charity, which donates money to "seriously ill and underprivileged children and teenagers", will officially close on March 18.

Despite the organisation's recent negative attention in the press, Brendan still turned it into a positive.

After his win, he announced he'd split the $100k charity prize money 50/50 with Paul Harragon's chosen charity, the Mark Hughes Foundation, which raises funds for brain cancer.

Former I'm A Celebrity co-star Shane, 46, was pleased with the result.

"Congrats @BrendanFevola25, awesome result bud, you deserve to be king of the jungle. Congrats chief & all camp mates too, very special time," he tweeted after Brendan's win.

Brendan had proved himself a worthy winner after turning around his previously scandal-prone public image, speaking honestly on the show about his stint in rehab for alcohol and gambling.

"Coming over here, it wasn't about anything else for me but just to try to change the perception of myself back home because I've obviously had a bit of a chequered past," he said.

"I just wanted them to see the real me."

UPDATE:

Brendan told KIIS FM's Kyle and Jackie O this morning that he knew it was shutting down when he nominated the charity, but still decided to keep it.

Out of touch from the media for six weeks, Brendan wouldn't have known the full extent of the scandal, including the investigation by accounting firm KPMG on behalf of Consumer Affairs Victoria.